When it comes to politics, the books seem to be prescient, because right now there are two women going for the highest position in the system, and at the same time women are vying for the presidency in the United States.

Among these women, is Secretary-General of the United Nations Chrisjen Avasarala ( Shohreh Aghdashloo), a no-nonsense, take charge politician who is as quick to cajole people into doing what she needs them to, as she is to give them a verbal dressing-down with language that would make a soldier blush.

In The Expanse, it is the women who encourage, lead and when need be, prod the people around them to do what needs to be done and jumps into the action alongside their male colleagues. One of the things that sets the show apart from its contemporaries is the number of women who make up the main ensemble cast, the number of women (all women of color by the way) are equal to the men, which is practically unheard of, even in this day and age. As the phrase speaks to having a work where gender equality is the norm, it can also be interpreted to mean that without women, everything that we depend on for survival would come crashing down if women werenвЂ™t there to support, and essentially be the back bone of, society, and this statement is never more true than in The Expanse.

There is a Chinese saying made popular by Mao Zedong that states вЂњWomen hold up half the skyвЂќ, that spoke to the idea that women are equal to men in society and should be allowed to work outside the home.

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